Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-24
AFATAL SHAKE.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS AT VARIOUS
POINTS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE.
Eicesu ffers Greatly-H Houses Wrecked and
Many Persons Killsd-Ths Prince
OF Wales,
nv Aurlo-Amorican cable % he DIspa.ch.l

LONDON, February pa dispatch
from Nice dated noon to-day says that
there are many casualties caused by an
earthquake there this morning. The
people are panic stricken and the entire
population is in the streets. The rail-
way station is besieged with visitors,
who are anxious TO leave at the first
chance that offers. Two houses lone in
81 Etienne street and one in st. Phil
lipe street. and the Maison Bourke
were destroyed by the earthquake.
Three persons were buried in the ruins
of these buildings. There was also a
slight shock at Marseilles this morning.
The walls of a number OF houses in
that city were cracked. Shocks were
also felt at Leghorn and Milan and
several places in the province of Genoa,
Italy
RoME, February 23.-Later accounts
from Nice say that the Riviera was
crammed With English and American
notabies and participants in the last
carnival ball season en- route to their
homes when the first shock occurred.
The majority of them were terror
stricken, and rushed 10 open places to
be out of the way of the fallen walls.
Queen Victoria early this morning tele-
graphed an anxious inquiry to the
Prince OF Wales, at Cannes, to he re-
assured that his Royal Highness had
not been injured, and informing him
that the Government. requested him to
return home at once, so as to allay the
anxiety of the people regarding his
safety. At Savona many houses were
wrecked and eleven persons killed.
ROME, February %. The earth
quakes this morning devastated the
whole Of the Italian Rivera at Noli, on
the Gulf of Genoa and not far from
Savona. Several houses fell and
fifteen persons were killed. Six per-
sons were killed and thirty were in
iured at Oneglia, also on the Gulf OF
Genoa. At Diano- Marine, near
Oneg6a, scores of people were killed
and hundreds were injured. Fully one
third of the town was destroyed.
THE EARTHQUAKE ELSEWHERE.
LONDON, February 23.-Further dis
patches concerning the earthquake in
the south of Europe this morning state
that two violent shocks were felt at
TOulon. The shock was of fifteen sec
ond's duration and the second of twelve
seconds. The movement was from west
to east. At Cannes three shocks were
felt at the same hour The first shock,
which was very violent, lasted for a
minute, and the second and third
.hocks were not so heavy as the first.
Many persons at this place rushed to
the seashore for safety. Nobody was
injured At Avignon three shocks were
experienced between 6 and 8 o'clock.
The first shock was very severe and
awakened everybody in the place. Sew
eral shocks were felt at Genoa at q
o'clock.
At the time of the earthquake at
Nice this morning Rivera was crowded
with English and American tourists and
persons of distinction. When the first
shock occurred the streets of Nice were
fairly thronged with persons in ball
room costumes, returning to their
homes from the last carnival ball OF
the winter season. To these the earth
quake came with a peculiar terror. The
shocks were felt with great severity at
SayOna, near Genoa, and number OF
houses were wrecked and eleven per
sons killed at that place.
At Genoa the shock was very violent,
and the Ducal palace and many houses
were seriously damaged. There was
an enormous crowd at the Carlo Felice
Theatre to witness gala performance,
and the greatest alarm was manifested.
When the shock came at Turin churches
suffered severely. In the neighborhood
of Dordigera many houses fell, killing
the inmates.
SENSATION IN PARIS.
PARIS, February 23.-The news of
the earthquakes was at first disbelieved
here. When confirmed it caused the
greatest sensation. Anxiety over
the fate of friends was gene
raj, and the telegraph-ofiices were
soon crowded. Slight shocks were
felt at Mines, Pridas, Valence, Greno-
bic, and Lyons The gendarmerie bar
racks at Mentone collapsed, and several
persons were killed or injured. Bust
ness is suspended almost everywhere.
LONDON, February 2l.-Two sharp
shocks of earthquake have been
felt in Corsica. 1t is reported that
several persons were killed at Mentone,
where st. Nichaels church was badly
damaged and the post-office wrecked.
an inmate of the Convent of the Holy
Sacrement at Nice died from fright.
MORE AND sEvERER SHOCKS.
|. RoMF, February 23.-Second and
severer shocks of earthquake have oc
Cured in Genoa, Pavia, Lucca, Cuneo.
Albissala, Port Mauricio, Oreglia, and
Noli. At Savona eight persons were
killed and fifteen Others injured. I'M
mense damage was done to property.
THREE HUNDRED PERSONS KILLED.
ROME, February 23.-Further details
from the Riviera increase the disaster
at Cervo, near Diano- Marina. Three
hundred persons were killed by being
buried in the ruins of falling buildings
Railway traffic is suspended beyond
Savon. The prisoners in the Govern
ment Jail at Finalborgo, alarmed by
the earthquake, attempted to escape,
but were overcome by the guards.
AN AWFUL SURPRISE At NICE.
At Nice the earthquake-shocks caused
an awful surprise 10 the crowds of
maskers returning home 'vom the car
nival festivals in their far y costumes,
worn and bedraggled by the nights ex-
ercises, and looking dull and dreary
under the glare of the early morn
ing sunlight. The first shock created
an immediate panic. Women screamed
in terror, and there was wild rush in
all directions for safety from what every
one thought to be an awful impending
calamity. The barking OF dogs and
the changing of church-bells added to
the momeniary terror. The people
first rushed to the church of Notre
Dame and besieged the confessionals,
and dramatic scene was presented OF
many strong men on their knees
praying. Then came the second
shock. Terror was depicted upon
every face and praying crowds
fastened outside for safety. Troops
were called ont TO keep order